Turkey and the Containment of Iran in the Middle East
... anti-Iran efforts progressing into large-scale military conflict Iran has long been a headache for U.S. strategic planning in the Middle East. A new round of debates on Iran’s malign influence in the region was sparked by several correlated events: the relative ... ... are already straining relations between Ankara and Washington. Reluctance to make a compromise on the issue of PYD-led Syrian Kurds may prompt Turkey to seriously consider military and political cooperation with Iran in Syria and Iraq. Yuri Barmin: The ...
27.02.2018